EXPECTED DECISION BY SUPREME COURT IS PRO-PATENT On March 21, the United States Supreme Court ruled in SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag et al. v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC, et al that laches cannot be invoked as a defense...

“Patent values have dropped by as much as 60 percent in the last five years.” Paul Michel, retired chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, citing economists’ estimates Is the United States...